Good News: The River Church, a Florida megachurch led by controversial Pastor Rodney Howard-Browne, has lost their insurance after holding services during the coronavirus pandemic, ignoring safety guidelines and placing the community at risk. Orlando Weekly reports: Rodney Howard-Browne, the head pastor at the River at Tampa Bay Church, who was arrested for holding services during the coronavirus pandemic, said he will not open his megachurch this weekend over fear of his congregation’s safety and to protect them from “government… Read more

“MAGA”: Karen Kolb Sehlke, a Trump-loving woman from Texas is dead from COVID-19 after claiming the virus was a “media driven” hoax. In a sad, cautionary tale of willful ignorance and hubris, Karen Kolb Sehlke is dead from COVID-19 after claiming the virus was a “media driven” hoax “controlled by the radical people in powerful places.” In a long-winded Facebook rant Sehlke claimed that “our government is under attack from within” while comparing the coronavirus to “the impeachment hoax” and… Read more

Reckless and Irresponsible: Pastor Tony Spell of Life Tabernacle Church in Central, Louisiana, says he will ignore the coronavirus pandemic and will instead preach three services and bring in 27 busloads of worshipers on Sunday. Speaking with CNN host Victor Blackwell earlier today, Pastor Spell said he was ignoring guidelines from local and national officials, saying that instead he would go ahead and hold church services at his 1,000-member Life Tabernacle megachurch despite the danger to all who attend, and… Read more

Over 70 members of a Sacramento, California, Pentecostal megachurch have been diagnosed with the coronavirus. The Guardian reports: A California megachurch has found itself at the center of a coronavirus outbreak after public health officials connected it to 71 cases , even as church leaders say they have been unfairly blamed for failing to take action to stop the spread among church members. County health officials have put Bethany Slavic Missionary church, a Pentecostal house of worship in a suburb… Read more

This Is What Leadership Looks Like: Oregon Governor Kate Brown says the state of Oregon will help New York in their time of need by sending the state 140 ventilators. Oregon Live reports: Oregon is sending 140 ventilators to New York, Gov. Kate Brown announced on Twitter Saturday morning. Earlier today Brown tweeted: New York needs more ventilators, and we are answering their call for help. We’ll be sending 140 ventilators to help NY because Oregon is in a better… Read more

Death Cult: An Arkansas church is vowing to hold services this weekend and defy state and federal guidelines because “Jesus died with COVID-19 so that you don’t have to.” Newsweek reports: A church in Arkansas plans to continue holding services this weekend despite federal and state guidelines against holding gatherings of more than 10 people amid the coronavirus pandemic. Awaken Church in Jonesboro claimed in a Wednesday evening Facebook post that Jesus was the “first death of Covid-19,” the disease… Read more

It’s all about the money: Multiple states have been forced to issue cease and desist orders to the notorious Christian owned Hobby Lobby craft store chain for failing to close their stores and violating emergency orders during the coronavirus pandemic. The State reports: Some Hobby Lobby stores that did not close amid statewide coronavirus shutdown orders have received cease-and-desist letters, according to attorney generals and media reports. The stores were told they were non-essential business, but locations that defied orders… Read more

Astonishing Intellectual Incompetence: In a bizarre twist Georgia Governor Brian Kemp claims he didn’t know asymptomatic people could transmit the COVID-19 virus. Newsweek reports: Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp said he wasn’t aware that asymptomatic people could transmit coronavirus as he announced he was preparing to issue a state-wide shelter-in-place order. MSN News reports: After resisting a statewide stay-at-home order for days, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) succumbed to the pressure and issued one on Wednesday. Part of the reason, he… Read more

Maybe The Real Danger Is Mike Huckabee: Conservative Christian Mike Huckabee claims that COVID-19 isn’t the real danger, because the real danger is the “virus of sin.” In a recent post for the Christian publication Charisma News, the Trump-loving former Arkansas Governor and former Republican presidential candidate wrote that the risk from the coronavirus was “remote” while the death rate from the “virus of sin” is 100%: I take this pandemic seriously and you should as well. But statistically, your… Read more

Reckless and Irresponsible: After preaching to hundreds Tuesday night, Pastor Tony Spell of Life Tabernacle Church in Central, Louisiana, taunted authorities, declaring you can’t arrest “us all.” Pastor Spell conducted the controversial church service despite the fact that he had been charged with misdemeanors earlier that day for holding services on Sunday in violation of Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards’s order banning large gatherings. CBS News reports: Central, Louisiana — Buses and cars filled a Louisiana church parking lot for… Read more